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half-truth

NOUN
  1. a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead

How To Use half-truth In A Sentence

  • But it's awash with half-truths and disingenuity.
  • They have been ripe for the pickings of a media that for the past two decades has successfully parlayed gossip, innuendo, rumor, half-truths and outright lies into a hugely profitable growth industry. Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Dumping on The Obamas
  • Three distinguished professors send this memo - Five Half-truths of Business - as a wake-up call.
  • I omitted telling the whole truth and this was to protect Sheila, but I have found that one half-truth left hanging mutates. GYPSY MASALA
  • No sooner had this farrago of half-truths and complete fiction been discredited then along came the second myth.
  • Where other British citizens saw gross lies, exaggerations, and frustrating half-truths, Linehan saw a "golden opportunityto kickstart a campaign to redress the balance a little bit. Allison Kilkenny: British Defend Their Healthcare System
  • In fact, we should get rid of the normal understanding/reasonable person test in all contexts, and permit half-truth frauds on consumers and voters everywhere! The Volokh Conspiracy » “Exonerated” Former Death Row Inmate Reconvicted
  • The truth, a half-truth, or a lie could be employed, whichever served best in the circumstances. O: A Presidential Novel
  • Similar to gossip, but usually more based on some factual element or half-truth. Rumor mongering ; Spreading a rumor with malicious intent.
  • What we have got from both camps is a farrago of half-truths and unproven assertions that are repeated even when shown to be blatantly unfounded.
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